— Motor vehicle theft and weapons offences saw a decrease in crime of greater than 10%.
— Motor vehicle theft offences decreased in the 12 months to March 2009 by 12.2% in the previous 12 months.
— Weapons offences decreased by 17.1% with 281 offences recorded in the 12 months to March 2009, compared with 339 for the previous 12 months.

“While I am extremely pleased with these results in the 12 months to March 2009 I am concerned that there are still small increases in some offences”, Mr Corbell said.

“Two categories of crime, including assaults and property damage, increased. The most notable of these was a 13.5% increase in assaults compared with the previous 12 months.”

“The ACT Government recognises that there is often a link between assaults and alcohol consumption and is committed to addressing alcohol-related crime and behaviour.

WEll, if you were going to murder someone, ACT is the logical place to do it, isn’t it? One is least likely to be sent to gaol here for it, and if one happens to get the magistrate on a bad day, you’ll only go in for a token period.